BOTANY. 
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laxo, corrugate. Cotyledoncs accuiiibentes. StigMCctci approxmiata basibus counatis in stj- 
lum (brevissimum) decurrentibus. Filamenta edentula. 
Herbse persnnes, glabra, subacaules. Folia radicalia mtegerrima v. dentata, crassiuscula, 
opaca, venis immersis inconspicuis, petioloruTii basibus dilatatis scariosis semivaginantibus. 
Scapi radicales, aphylli, ebracteati. Flores purpurei. Calyx subpatens. Glandulse 
hypogynas 4, filamenta longiora extus stipantes. 
Obs. Affinitate proximum genus Arabidi, diversum siliquaruni figura, structui'a seminum 
et stigmatis, et denique habitu. 
This Genus is named in honour of Captain Pahry, the distinguished commander of 
the Expedition in which it was discovered, and whose herbarium contained very complete 
specimens of the species here described. 
14. PARRYA ARCTTCA— Tab. B. 
Parrya, siliquis lineaii-oblongis, antheris ovalibus, foliis (fere omnibus) Integerrimis, 
pedunculis glaberrimis. 
Desc. Herba humilis, perennls, glaberrima. Radix perpendicularis, crassa, sublignea, 
strils transversis tenuibus notata, sagpe multiceps. Caules brevissimi, dense foliati. Folia 
petiolata, lanceolata passlmve spathulato-lanceolata, integerrima, nonnulla rarlssime pauci- 
dentata, crassiuscula, opaca, immerse uninervia, venis alte immersis Inconspicuis. Petioli 
dimldio superiore angusto lineari textura laminte, inferiore dilatato seralvagfnanti scarioso 
albicanti. Scapus caulem abbreviatum terminans vel seepe axillaris, aphyllus, ebracteatus, 
glaberrimus, florifer foliis ssepe duplo fructifer trlplo — quadruplove longior. Flores corym- 
bosi, pedunculis patentlbus glaberrimis. Calyx glaber, modice patens, deciduus : sepala, 
ovalia, obtusa, concava, insertione parum insequalla, immerse nervosa, nervis passim oblique 
connexis. Petala quatuor, sequalia, unguiculata, purpurea, rarlus alba, calyce duplo longiora ; 
ungues lineares; lamina Coos&Xse, uninerviae, venosfe venis apice dichotomls. Stamina B, 
tetradynama. Filamenta edentula ; 4 longiora latlora, altero latere extra medium paulo an- 
gustiora. Anthera uniformes, infra medium affixa?, oblongo-ovales, ochroleucge, basi cordata 
iobulis approximato-parallelis, connectivo perangusto. Pollen sphaericum, simplex (nec 
compositum quantum observare llcuit per lentem 114-ies augentem.) Glandula hypogyna 
quatuor, filamenta longiora extus stipantes. Ovarium sessile, glabrum, biloculare, polysper- 
inum, ovulis numerosis. Stylus brevissimus. Stigma bipartitum, lobis placentis oppositis, 
obtusls, mutuo s^pius appressis, basibus confluentibus et quasi in latera styli decurren- 
tibus. Siliqua racemosa?, erectae, nonnullae quandoque pendulae, pedicellis paten tibus, intra 
cicatrices floris sessiles, lineari-oblongae, passim siliculiformes, utrinque obtusae. Valva 
planae, uninerviae, venosas. Dissepimentum completum (rarissime fenestratum foramine 
magno v. parvo) arachnoideo-areolatum, axi quandoque opaciori paulo incrassato, lineisve 
duabus opacioribus axi approximatis. Funiculi icmbilicales marginati, latiusculi, dimidio 
inferior! septo cohaerentes. Semina 6-8 in singulo loculo, saspiusque biseriata, epidermis 
testae laxus, tenuissimus, albus, ultra ipsam testam in limbum latiusculum extensus, supra 
nucleum rugosus, testa ipsa, dempto epiderraide, crasso-membranacea e duabus lamellis 
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